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PACKER FOR PIPE AND SEWER REHABILITATION
20230265960 · 2023-08-24 ·

A packer for pipe and sewer rehabilitation, including a front and a rear flange, between which an expandable sleeve which can be filled with a pressure medium is arranged, wherein the rear and the front flange have lead-through openings which are connected by a hollow lead-through element within the sleeve, so as to be sealed in relation to the sleeve, and through which a feed line to a camera arrangement that is arranged adjoining the lead-through opening in the front flange and that includes a camera is guided, wherein the camera arrangement includes an extension element which is bendable in a radial direction and at the front end of which the camera is arranged, wherein the extension element is assigned an adjusting device for setting the radial bending thereof.

PACKER FOR PIPE AND SEWER REHABILITATION
20230265960 · 2023-08-24 ·

A packer for pipe and sewer rehabilitation, including a front and a rear flange, between which an expandable sleeve which can be filled with a pressure medium is arranged, wherein the rear and the front flange have lead-through openings which are connected by a hollow lead-through element within the sleeve, so as to be sealed in relation to the sleeve, and through which a feed line to a camera arrangement that is arranged adjoining the lead-through opening in the front flange and that includes a camera is guided, wherein the camera arrangement includes an extension element which is bendable in a radial direction and at the front end of which the camera is arranged, wherein the extension element is assigned an adjusting device for setting the radial bending thereof.

Reusable pipe integrity test head systems and methods

Techniques for implementing and/or operating a test head that includes an end cap assembly; a bore plug assembly including a plug fastener mechanism; an inflation fluid port and an annulus fluid port that open through the end cap assembly; and an internal inflation fluid conduit that connects the inflation fluid port to the plug fastener mechanism. The end cap assembly includes a cap end plate that covers an open end of a pipe segment, a cap sleeve to be disposed around the pipe segment, and a cap fastener mechanism that runs along an inner surface of the cap sleeve and that expands inward such that the cap fastener mechanism engages an outer surface of the pipe segment. The plug fastener mechanism is to be disposed within a pipe bore of the pipe segment and expands outward such that the plug fastener mechanism engages an inner surface of the pipe segment.

Reusable pipe integrity test head systems and methods

Techniques for implementing and/or operating a test head that includes an end cap assembly; a bore plug assembly including a plug fastener mechanism; an inflation fluid port and an annulus fluid port that open through the end cap assembly; and an internal inflation fluid conduit that connects the inflation fluid port to the plug fastener mechanism. The end cap assembly includes a cap end plate that covers an open end of a pipe segment, a cap sleeve to be disposed around the pipe segment, and a cap fastener mechanism that runs along an inner surface of the cap sleeve and that expands inward such that the cap fastener mechanism engages an outer surface of the pipe segment. The plug fastener mechanism is to be disposed within a pipe bore of the pipe segment and expands outward such that the plug fastener mechanism engages an inner surface of the pipe segment.

Pneumatic plug with sealing layer

An pneumatic plug for sealing a pipeline. The pneumatic plug includes a tubular member that extends in an axial direction from a first end to a second end. The tubular member includes a rubber layer and an elastomeric band. The rubber layer extends from the first end to the second end of the tubular member. The elastomeric band is disposed on a top of the rubber layer. The elastomeric band is positioned between the first end and the second end of the tubular member.

BLOCKING DEVICE AND METHOD
20230366501 · 2023-11-16 ·

To provide a blocking device and method capable of safely blocking a fluid tube. A blocking device (1) that introduces a bag (50) into a fluid tube (1), and expands the bag (50) by pressure of fluid to block the inside of the fluid tube (50), the blocking device (1) including a cylinder (20) connectable to the fluid tube (1); a guide pipe (30) provided to be movable forward and backward in an axial direction of the cylinder (20) in the cylinder (20) and formed with a notch (32) for passing the bag (50) at a tip end; and a slide tube (40) inserted into the guide pipe (30) and provided to be movable forward and backward in the axial direction, and having a tip end portion connected to the bag (50) and a basal end portion connected to a fluid source (60) for expanding the bag (50); where the bag (50) is expanded in a state in which the guide pipe (30) is withdrawn from the fluid tube (1).

Reusable pipe integrity test head systems and methods

Techniques for implementing and operating a system that includes a pipe segment, which has tubing that defines a bore and a fluid conduit implemented in an annulus of the tubing, and a test head. The test head includes a shell, which defines an annulus cavity, and an inflatable bladder implemented in the annulus cavity, in which the system maintains the inflatable securing bladder in a less inflated state while pipe segment tubing is not present in the annulus cavity and increases inflation of the inflatable bladder to a more inflated state when the tubing is present in the annulus cavity to facilitate securing and sealing an open end of the pipe segment in the test head to enable integrity of the tubing to be tested at least in part by flowing a test fluid into the annulus of the tubing via a testing port on the shell.

Reusable pipe integrity test head systems and methods

Techniques for implementing and operating a system that includes a pipe segment, which has tubing that defines a bore and a fluid conduit implemented in an annulus of the tubing, and a test head. The test head includes a shell, which defines an annulus cavity, and an inflatable bladder implemented in the annulus cavity, in which the system maintains the inflatable securing bladder in a less inflated state while pipe segment tubing is not present in the annulus cavity and increases inflation of the inflatable bladder to a more inflated state when the tubing is present in the annulus cavity to facilitate securing and sealing an open end of the pipe segment in the test head to enable integrity of the tubing to be tested at least in part by flowing a test fluid into the annulus of the tubing via a testing port on the shell.

SYSTEM AND METHOD PROVIDING BACK PRESSURE VALUE IN PIPE PLUGS
20220299394 · 2022-09-22 ·

Disclosed are a system and method in which the maximum back pressure determination and monitoring are provided in plugs allowing fluid and gas flow to be blocked in pipe lines with gravity flow such as sewage and rain water pipe lines.

SYSTEM AND METHOD PROVIDING BACK PRESSURE VALUE IN PIPE PLUGS
20220299394 · 2022-09-22 ·

Disclosed are a system and method in which the maximum back pressure determination and monitoring are provided in plugs allowing fluid and gas flow to be blocked in pipe lines with gravity flow such as sewage and rain water pipe lines.